http://www.avma.org/rss/atozheadlines/atozheadlines_rss.xml Friday, November 20, 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600 en-us Copyright (c) 2009 | The American Veterinary Medical Association. All rights reserved. Prepared by the AVMA Division of Communications, is a compilation of articles taken from a number of sources and does not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of the AVMA. OnlineServices@avma.org http://www.aardvarks2zebras.org/ http://www.avma.org/rss/images/A-to-Z-Logo-RSS_144pxW.gif 347 87 60 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 Saturday Sunday Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600 A to Z Headlines Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Kathleen Gallagher The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant to develop an early warning system for pandemic flu, the school said in a news release Thursday. [more] ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600 A to Z Headlines Detroit News By Catherine Jun A 15-page research report suggests Stuart Little may one day want to toss his calorie counter. Mice apparently have a fat gene, that when deactivated, according to a study released this fall by the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute, keeps rodents on high-fat diets thin. The study is one of several supported by a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and $173,700 from the American Diabetes Association. [more] ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600 A to Z Headlines Bloomberg News By Andrea Gerlin U.K. researchers linked a protein to the development of mad-cow disease and found a way to reduce it, a discovery that may lead to a treatment for the illness and its human form, according to a report today in PLoS Pathogens. [more] ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600 A to Z Headlines New Haven Register (Conn.) By Ed Stannard Yale researchers have discovered a protein in tick saliva that helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease. [more] ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600 A to Z Headlines The Associated Press By Shannon Dininny (NILE, Wash.) - A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish. [more] ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600 A to Z Headlines SmartPlanet By Melanie D.G. Kaplan This week, the One Health Commission held its inaugural summit in Washington. The commission was recently established in response to the increased threat of disease passed between people and animals, and the man behind it is Dr. Roger K. Mahr, former president of the American Veterinary Medical Association. [more] ]]>